Fishing Season: January 1 - December 31 (Prime: March 1 - November 30)

Gulf Coast - TX

Fishing Outlook & Conditions

Inshore Temp:

60

Offshore Temp:

74

Swan Point Landing's Tip of the Week

Occasionally check hook points, loop knots, and loosening rod sections, A bit of late afternoon grinding just might produce that ”spotted gray sub” of the season on cork, foam and deer hair top waters CONCENTRATE ! Theses girls don’t come easy or often, but it makes it that much better when it comes together!! Take boat or kayak NOISE out of your stalk..... when winds are high, look for clear to slightly off color lee shorelines, walk slow and make the first cast count. Make sure running line is instantly transferred to rod hand's forefinger for ASAP skinny-water eats, while prospecting!! More importantly, if the first cast is off, QUIETLY pick up line leader and fly and put on future path of fish. Hold slow sinking flies in path until fish comes and then twitch them AWAY from fish. Be mindful of early AM long shadows that you cast from boat , while covering water., you don;t have to pole from platform early if fish are spooking off your taller approach ..pole from the deck for lower profile and shorter AM shadows

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5-Day Outlook as of 12/23/24

"KIll switch" law in effect for boat operators at be faster than headway speeds NOTE: NEW TPW trout regs with 3 fish per day, in 15" to 20" slot with one of those allowed over 28" kicks in 9 1 2024.....and please don't KILL a 21 " to > 30" female trout, that is PRIME spawning DNA!!) as we recover from bad 2/21 Freeze please CP & R any trout over 21 " (typically breeding females with GOOD DNA!) NOTE: Proposal to permanently close Ayres, Mesquite and Carlos Bays to oyster harvest PASSES unanimously with TPW commissioners Nov. 3rd 2022!! 2024 is the year of OYSTER comeback, see CCA and FlatsWorthy for conservation updates and plans to restore these load bearing reefs taken down by oyster OVER harvest and move towards mariculture and floating "reefs" SOUTH ZONE Texas Waterfowl 2024 second split opens Dec. 14th to Jan 26th , 2025 Be aware of duck hunters / blinds and decoy spreads on shorelines and back lake systems maybe carry binoculars to check a lake before entering on foot, kayak or skiff>> warm mild sunny early week S to SE winds to 15 with chance of late week t-storms winds variable with SE winds late week thru next week Tides normal to below normal water cooling quickly and slowing wet wading opps fishing to singles and pods good early and late with wtd dark flies up to 1/0 skinny water Singles taking small topwaters (cork, hair, foam) with gusto, lots of small bait available picky , spooky reds coming slowly to flies now tailing / podding up on small brown shrimp and sheepshead minnows try small hair bugs / gurglers/ or poppers for neat eats (or Misses!) and move to smaller if they get picky olive, black ,purple and small tan shrimp patterns on these fish and singles . , Dark green crabs on reds too Fishing slow on edges, grass flats and lake's draining creeks later in day, try topwaters at warmest part of late day,drifting edges and grass flats in less than 3' of water check Port Aransas and Rockport edge flats /ICWW and channel edges on high-sun, mid-week walks for reds on tan toads, grizzly seaducers / "roadkills" and kwans (#2) working well on sight casting to XL reds, Blind cast early and late to drop offs to deeper water (3') before moving in shallow to sight-casting mode after 0900 w/ tan, slow sinking flies on first half of cloudy mornings gurglers and small deer hair flies may work later in day with laid up in real shallow water fish . consider wading to lower profile going thru shallow lakes and skinny flats.... consider 10' to 12' tapered leaders w/ 12# to 16# fluoro tippet in clear water.. poling from deck, will lower your early AM profile and shadows. PLEASE limit your kill of gamefish in 2024 and 2025 especially larger trout ( with trout over 20" to 27.999" per new regs on 3/26/24 must be released!!) Check new regs for 2024 -2025 a number of 2024-25 " kill" tournaments have turned into Catch, Photo,& Release..THANK YOU CCA Texas!! please gently release large female trout (Males grunt / drum when held), and most trout over 21" are females) fish have been finicky with good anglers grinding out a dozen fish with many refusals. try black / purple on picky reds. please avoid running shorelines to find fish...,if you ease in and drift out of flats, there will be fish there most of the time in more places don't BURN shorelines to kick up fish, or take skinny water shortcuts to " just to look" even as you're heading home,, running shallow water just to "see if they WERE there too?" on the ride home is BAD form, don;t teach it to others.... . try tan, olive, and black crab, Seaducers, Clousers sizes 4, 2 and 1 and go to all grizzly "roadkills" for picky fish...cover water with baitfish patters to 2/o with or w/o weight on low water near drop offs and ICWW.. check ICWW edges late for fish crawling up to warm up and eat on low barge traffic days The ANWRefuge will be CLOSED to inland lakes boat traffic and closes annually with the whooping cranes arriving here 10/15 to April 15, 2024 Avoid kicking up these bird whether poling, wading or running please give them plenty of R O O M !! first of these birds reported in ANWR mid - November , came in strong after last 2 fronts

Techniques & Tips as of 12/23/24

Use large streamers early AM searching .. move to sight-casting mode with rising sun around 7:30 to 4:00.... Get OUT of the boat when you have bait and know fish are there, Check white sand/ grass flats mid-day for cruising, sunning trout with long leaders (up to 12' long and 12# tippet) and small wtd flies (Blind Chicken, White, gray, and ginger bead-eye seaducers, grass shrimp size 2-4) and small dark ( #4 black, dark olive, and purple) crabs...stay with picky, spooked fish until they are out of range, go to smaller grizzly, tan, and black flies / low flash on picky (Full Moon) fish or off color water

Current Conditions as of 12/23/24

. go to 2-3' of 15# flurocarbon tippet off nylon leaders, for better sink rate and less visibility. Get out and walk when high winds make your boat or kayak a noisy liabililty WIth low sun go to shallower flats and look for waking or tailing fish, V shaped tails are mullet from finger size 3" to 18" "horse" mullet...... large bodied wakes or "mud stirs" usually kicked up by gamefish....

Local Species Available January 1 - December 31 (Prime: March 1 - November 30)

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    Redfish

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    sea trout

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    tarpon

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    mackeral jack crevalle

Swan Point Landing's Recommended Fly Patterns

"Must-have" fly fishing patterns in descending order of importance:

Name: Colors: Size(s):
seaducers allsize/ color wh/ ginger 4- 4/0
EP crab style flies black 2, 4 and 6
Woolheads mullet gra/wh wh/wh 2 - 2/0 6
sm wh. seaducers 4 cruisers griz & olive griz 2,4, and 6

seaducers allsize/ color

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Description: About Gulf Coast

Located just north of Corpus Christi, Tx. Known for it's vast shallow flats that run north and south and to the east towards the gulf, fed by Port Aransas Jetty, Packery Channel, and recently opened Cedar Bayou fish pass (w/ no boat passage). Super shallow running boats are required to fish much of this area and ALL TEXAS GRASS FLATS ARE NOW protected from prop scarring DAMAGE!! PLEASE pole in or drift IN, and drift or pole OUT to deeper water!! Redfish and speckled trout are the primary targets in this area. In the late Spring, ladyfish, Tarpon, Jack crevalle, spanish and king mackeral are added to the list on flats near Port Aransas jetties, Lydia Ann and Corpus Christ ship channels....big fish in on rocks through Halloween and then move south on beachfront to Port Mansfield and Port Aransas' Boca Chica jetties by December....Mexico and points south thru Winter

Nearest Airport:

Corpus Christi, Tx

Bait Recommendations:

Despite a good drop of blue crabs with the rain in May '15 and 2016, finger mullet and small white shrimp will be main course thru early summer months, while fish still eating well-cast, dark crabs in black, olive and brown (2-4) Cover water blind, early with large white / tan/ gray baitfish patterns and sight cast with smaller versions / seaducers and go to small dark crabs (black, olive or purple) if fish get picky....clearing water asks for fluorocarbon tippets consider leaders up to 12' w/ 12>16# fluoro tippets on calm mornings walking down sun and hopefully down wind